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Screenshot: Square Enix \/ Kotaku, Bandai Namco \/ Kotaku, FightinCowboy \/ Kotaku, Sega \/ DC Comics, Image: The Pok\u00e9mon Company \/ Kotaku, Remedy Entertainment, Dennaton Games, Bandai Namco, Ubisoft, Photo: Joe Raedle<\/figcaption><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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This week, we take a look at FBC: Firebreak<\/em>, the new multiplayer shooter and Control <\/em>spin-off from Alan Wake 2 <\/em>developer Remedy Entertainment. We also recommend some outstanding games you can grab for dirt cheap right now on PSN, report on how the market for artisanal, hardware-based Nintendo 64 clones is heating up, and celebrate the recovery of a long-lost game in the Xenosaga <\/em>series. Read on for these stories and more.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Something about spring always gets me in the mood to play an RPG. So it\u2019s perfect timing that Square Enix is running a sale on some of its biggest releases and has the voice of Final Fantasy XVI<\/em>\u2019s Clive Rosfield, Ben Starr himself<\/a><\/span>, to give fans a refresher on what\u2019s out there to choose from. – Ethan Gach Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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As we approach the release of Pok\u00e9mon TCG<\/em>\u2019s next set, Journey Together, the card game is in a really<\/em> weird place<\/a><\/span>. The sealed cards, bought either for playing the table-top game or for collecting, are broadly unavailable thanks to an ever-worsening feverish demand that is seeing scalpers buying everything to resell. More Pok\u00e9mon Centers, the physical stores that sell all things Pok\u00e9mon, have made the extraordinary move to open product before they\u2019ll sell it. – John Walker Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Some rivalries you just can\u2019t let go, even if one side has clearly outpaced the other. There\u2019s Nintendo vs. Sega, Kendrick Lamar vs. Drake<\/a><\/span>, and of course, Pok\u00e9mon <\/em>vs. Digimon<\/em><\/a><\/span>. Bandai Namco\u2019s monster tamer series hasn\u2019t kept the vice grip on pop culture that Nintendo\u2019s has, but Digimon <\/em>has been respectably trucking along with all manner of games, anime and products for a dedicated audience. These days, Digimon<\/em> is mostly doing its own thing. But, it\u2019s about to release its own mobile card game app to compete with Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Game Pocket<\/em>. – Kenneth Shepard Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Games from Remedy Entertainment\u2014like Alan Wake 2, Control, and Max Payne<\/em>\u2014tend to be single player, third-person, linear adventures with cutscenes, lots of dialogue, and endings. FBC: Firebreak<\/em> isn\u2019t like those past games at all<\/a><\/span>. And while it might disappoint some Remedy fans, I\u2019m excited to see the studio doing something so different. – Zack Zwiezen Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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We\u2019re in the midst of a retro console revolution. Between emulation handhelds pouring out of China<\/a><\/span> and more affordable FPGA consoles popping up all the time<\/a><\/span>, there have never been more options to choose from for playing classic games from the \u201880s, \u201890s, and 2000s. The Nintendo 64 is one of the platforms getting modern tributes, and the competition is heating up. – Ethan Gach Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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PlayStation\u2019s Mega March sale is currently available on PS4 and PS5 (sorry, fellow Vita owners) and has some great deals on older games, especially stuff from the 2010s. If you\u2019re looking for something to play and don\u2019t want to break the bank, I have some perfect picks to add to your library. – Ethan Gach Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cThe quality of health of my morning shit had a bigger impact on my thought process today than you being upset that there\u2019s a Black guy in Assassin\u2019s Creed.\u201d<\/em> – Zack Zwiezen Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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After months of teases<\/a><\/span>, we finally have the first issue of the Sonic the Hedgehog <\/em>x DC Comics crossover. The limited series of comics has Sonic and his friends teaming up with members of the Justice League, each superhero pairing off with one of Sega\u2019s anthropomorphic animals. Sonic naturally ends up racing alongside The Flash, Tails puts his tech skills to the test in tandem with Cyborg, and Shadow<\/a><\/span> has a brood-off with Batman. Bruce Wayne and the Ultimate Life Form have more in common beyond their angsty demeanor, of course, both being defined by a traumatic loss. When the crossover was announced, fans wondered if Batman and Shadow might bond over grief, and just one issue in the comic has delivered. – Kenneth Shepard Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A Xenosaga <\/em>spin-off that was surprisingly important to the series\u2019 story but was thought lost to the old Japanese mobile phone network it was released on has been recovered and shared online. The RPG Xenosaga: Pied Piper <\/em>is once again playable, with a fan translation on the way. – Ethan Gach Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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A day-one patch for Assassin\u2019s Creed Shadow<\/em><\/a><\/span>s<\/em> will address criticisms of how the open-world RPG allows players to go on a violent rampage through religious shrines in 1500s Japan. Parts of specific buildings will no longer be destructible, and the monks inside will no longer bleed when hit, following recent comments on the topic by Japan\u2019s Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba. – Ethan Gach Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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